Attachment for ladder legs



Jan. 5 1926.

C. V. ALLEN ATTACHMENT FOR LADDER LEGS Filed. Oct. '5, 1922 III YEN TORya ATT ORNE Y Fatented Jan. 5, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ATTACHMENT FOR LADDER LEGS.

Application filed October 5, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES V. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States,residing in Buffalo, State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Attachments for Ladder Legs, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

This invention is in the way of an attachment for a ladder leg, and theobject is to provide an adjustable attachment for one of the legs of aladder, as means for shortening that leg to meet the inequalities of theground on which the ladder may stand.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view.

Figure 2 is a detail of the lower end of one of the ladder legs adaptedfor the attachment.

Figure 3 is a detail of the attachment for the ladder leg.

In carrying out the invention, a sleeve 1 is provided of a. crosssectional form adapted to slide over the lower end 2 of the ladder leg3. The leg 3 is shortened as shown to adapt the ladder for thisimprovement. The sleeve 1 is formed with slots at at each side. Aclamping band 5 is slidingly mounted around the sleeve 1, and this bandhas a bolt hole 6 pierced straight through both sides. A. correspondingbolt hole 7 is formed through the end 2 of the leg. The sleeve 1 isfitted upon the end 2, and a bolt Serial No. 592,530.

8 is passed through the holes 6 and 7 and provided with a. wing nut 9.Thus that leg of the ladder may readily be shortened, as desired.

While I have herein described a certain specific method of constructingand HJSSGIIP bling the elements of my invention, it is understood thatsame may be varied in minor details, not departing from the spirit of myinvention as defined in the appended claim.

I claim:

In combination with a ladder having one leg shortened and having a bolthole extended through that shortened leg in the plane of the ladder; asleeve having side slots extended longitudinally of the sleeve, the saidslots extending clear out through the sides at their upper ends butbeing closed at their lower ends, whereby the upper ends of the sleevemay be pinched against the ladder leg, the said sleeve being adapted toslidingly engage the shortened leg with the slots of the sleeve alignedwith the said bolt hole; a clamp consisting of a split band slidinglymounted over the sleeve and having bolt holes therethrough aligned withthe slots of the said sleeve and the bolt hole of the said shortenedleg; and a bolt with a wing nut inserted through the said bolt holes ofthe shortened leg and the clamp and the slots of the said sleeve, asmeans for pinching the clamp against the ladder leg.

CHARLES V. ALLEN.

